Tuesday 15 January 2013

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How To Change PS3 And XBOX 360 Controllers LED


by Bright Noah


Changing the LED lights inside your preferred controller is fairly easy. For each controller you will require a reasonable electrical power soldering iron, 60/40 rosin, a sponge, a pair of pointed tweezers, and your brand-new LEDs. You could utilize a greater electrical power iron, but it is safer to start with a reasonable watt so you prevent possibly destroying your motherboard. To open a 360 controller, you will require a t8 screwdriver. A small Phillips head screwdriver is used for the ps3. When taking the screws out of the 360 controller there is a hidden screw discovered inside the battery pack terminal behind the oblong shaped bar code sticker.

To begin you will should tin the soldering iron. This merely implies to melt rosin on the iron and then cleanse it off with your sponge. When cleaning the iron, I located it works most effectively to obtain the sponge somewhat wet on one side. I such as to cleanse the iron after each action to increase contact.

As soon as you have the screws gotten there are a couple of steps you will want to avoid breaking your controller case. To dismantle the xbox 360 controller, you will have to push in the thumbsticks and carefully pry the controller apart. To prevent losing any of your buttons, I recommend applying a strip of tape to the front of the controller to hold everything in place. After you have done this, you will have to pull the rubber thumb sticks off their system, extract the motherboard, and set every little thing aside so you do not lose anything.

The PS3 controller is rather easier to dismantle. When you have the screws eliminated, you will simply pull the two halves apart. Next, you will pull the rubber joysticks off, and pull the tab that connects the R's and L's off their clip. You are now ready to remove the old lights from the motherboard.

To eliminate the LEDs, I such as to use a strategy called drifting. To do this, you will have to melt some rosin on the iron until it makes a little bubble on the iron itself. It might appear like it is going to fall off, however do not stress, it will remain on the iron. As soon as you have this done, you will float the bubble backward and forward throughout the LED to eliminate it. This will most likely take simply a few seconds and the LED will stay with the rosin. Then you will just clean the iron off and duplicate the process for each light.

Applying the new LEDs is a little more difficult than taking them off. Initially, you will have to consider all-time low of the brand-new LED and determine which side the arrow on the bottom is pointing. You will have to point the arrow towards the negative side of the motherboard. If you can not figure this out, turn the power to the controller on and the LED will light up if you have actually properly lined it up. I such as to leave the battery pack and the back half of the controller connected. This is so I could use the contact pad to turn the controller on. For the ps3, you could simply plug in the charging cable television. When you have actually aligned them properly, you will use your tweezers to hold the LED in place and simply add a little bit of rosin to both side and you are done. It might take a while however a little bit of practice will make things a lot simpler. Now you prepare to flaunt your freshly light controller with your most loved color lights!




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